Railroad-switch-operating device.



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RAILROAD SWITCH OPERATING DEVICE. APPLICATIO N FILED DEC-7.19l7..

Patented Apr. 16, 1918.

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RAILROAD SWITCH OPERATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.]. I9]?- Patent dApr. 16, 1918.

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WISE, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALE TO CHARLES T.

KILGOItE, orwise,-vmsrnm.v V l nAILBoAn-sWI roH-oPEnAirIne DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern: v

.Be it known that I, CHARLES G. J Us'rIon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wise, in the county of Wise and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Switch- Operating Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a .full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable Others skilled in the art to whichitappertains to make and use thesame. Thisinvention rel tes to improvements'in a switch operating device. v v

The object of this invention is to improve the construction of a switch operating device and to equip it with novel means where by the switch may be opened and closed in a quick and reliable manner. 4 v A still further object of this invention is to improve the construction of aswitch operating means, and to equip it with.,.novel means whereby should the mainline be open a train from the siding maypass out of the sidingon' to the 'main line without necessitating the operation of the switch lever for moving the switch point, the switch"lever being provided with means for normally retaining the switch point in position after being opened to'permit the train to come from the siding on to the main line.

A still further object of his invention is to provide a resilient means connected to the switch operating device, wherebya train passing over the main line will readily move one of thepivoted switch points toward the adjacent rail 'automatically,,and after the train has passed over this point the'spring will normally return this switch p'ointto its original position. A still further object of thisinvention is to provide a switch operating device of this character, which will be simple, practical and comparativelyinexpensive in construction and one that can be manufactured and sold at a low cost.

With these and other objects in 'view,-the

. invention consistsin thejnovel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and set forth in the claims hereto appended. r

In the drawing- Figure l is a top plan view of the switch 7 operating device applied to the usual form of switch point and illustrating the main track open,

Specification of Letters Patent A 16, 1918 Application filed December 7, 1-Q17. Serial bio. 205,959. i i

v 71 Fig; 2 is a perspective view of the slide block, V l

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 33 of Fig-,1, a

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the switch operatingvdevice as made in accordance with this-invention, J F P v v Fig; 5 is' asectional view illustrating the manner in which the spring is connected to the-slide block, r

Fig. 6' is a longitudinal sectional view taken through the switch operatingmeans. Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing F1 Referring to the drawing, the numeral 5 designates-a plurality *of relatively spaced ties of the 1 construction-now in general use and "havesecured thereto therails -6 and 7 taken which constitute the main'line'of a'railroad track. A-pair of switch points 8' are pivotally secured as at 9 at one end' -to the upper side of one of theties between the rails 6 and 7 whichswitchpointsare adapted to establish a communication between the main line rails 6 and 7 and the siding'rails 10 when in one positiona'nd whenin the oppo- A switch point'supporti ng'rod l l is secured totheundenside of the'switchlpoints' 81 adjacent the forward endsthereof andextends laterally beyond the] main rail 6 "and has pivotally secured tos aid'endlasfat 15 an operating'link 16. The""opera'tingjlink has its free end enlarged as at 17 andisj pro,-

vided with a longitudinally extending .jslot- I 18, the purpose'of which will be hereinafter more fully described.

lAslide block 20 is slidably mounted upon the upper side of the base and is provided centrallyof its ends with a vertical standard 21, and the ends on opposite sides of the standard are provided with a longitudinally extending slot 22, which slots are adapted to be movable on bolts 23 embedded in the base 12. A standard 24 is secured to the upper side of the base 12 adjacent the rear end thereof and in direct alinement with the standard 21 of theslide block and the opposing faces of the standards are provided with hooks or eyes '25 to which is secured an expansible coil spring 26, which spring normally tends to hold the slide block in one position'and return it to this position after the spring has been expanded. A switch point operating lever 27 has one end pivotally. secured by a. bolt 28 to the 'standardQl of the slide block 20, which bolt is secured in position by any suitable means such as a cotter key or the like.

The lever has extending laterally therefrom a bolt 29, which bolt is adapted to pass through a block 30 slidably arranged in the slot 18 ofthe link 16.- A coil spring 31 has oneend secured-as at 32. to the rear end of the block 30 and its opposite end is secured as at 33 to a bolt 34 which extends vertically through the free end of the link 16, thus it can be seen that should the block be moved toward the innerend of the slot 18 of the link, the spring 31 will be expanded and upon releasingof pressure on the link thespring will normally urge the block 30 into its initial position and; against the shoulder formed by reducing the slot at the outer end thereof. 7

The lever 27 is provided with an elongated slot 36 adjacent its outer end and is adapted to be engaged by the standards 37 securedto the upper side of the base12so as to hold thelever in either of its positions which lever when moved to either of its positions is adapted to open or close the communication between the rails 6 and 7 and the siding 10. p

In operation, if the lever is in the position illustrated in Fig. l the communication is then established along the main line by the switch points. Thus it can be seen that a train may be readily run from the siding, and by its flanges engaging one of the switch points 8 it will urge the other switch Should the lever be reversed or swung Qepileav of this patent may be tbtained for 31 moving the block 30 rearwardly in the slot 18 of the link and immediately upon the train passing beyond the ends of the switch point, the spring 31 would react to return the switch'points to their initial position and thus open a communication between the main tracks 6 and 7 and siding 110. 'Having thus described my invention, what Ielaim is: p i1 r 1. A switch, operating device including a base, a slide block mounted-upon the base, a switch point operating lever carriedby the slide block, a link pivotally secured to the lever, a switch point supportin'g rod carried by the link, and resilient means czu'ried by the link and slide block to permit of the actuation of the switch points independentlyof the lever, e

2; A switch operating device including a base, a slide block mounted upon the base, a standard carried by the slide block and base, a leverepivotally secured to the standard of the slide block, a link pivotally secured to I the lever, a switch supporting rod pivotally secured to the link, and spring means carried by the link and slide block to permit of the operation of the-switch point independ- ,ently of the lever. H i

3. A switch point operating devlce comprising a base, a slide block mounted upon the base, standards carried by the slide block and base, a switch point operating lever p votally secured to the standard'of the sllde block, a link pivotally secured to the lever, a switch supporting rod pivotally secured to the link, a spring secured to the link and lever, a spring secured to the standards of 7 the slide block and base, said springs permitting of the operation of the switch points by approaching trains independently of the lever. 1 I v In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two wltnesses.

CHARLES G, JUSTICE.

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